My dad and I spent a couple hours filling up the third raised bed today. We put in a few inches of soil and filled the rest with a rich compost called Coeur d' Green. Yes... I hate to admit it....I paid money for compost when I should be making my own....I will get there someday though...(EG is my inspiration lol) The first two beds are situated so that the dump truck could easily fill them but the third bed is not ...so we had to dig and wheelbarrow it to the bed...We definitely got a workout...but fun it was!
With the third bed filled, we can now focus on getting the rest of the plastic hoop covers on. Hopefully, we will get that done by Sunday. I posted earlier that my dad was adding upper shelves in the greenhouse and that is coming along quite nice. I can't wait for them to be done so I can fire up the heat and get the gazillion seedlings that are all over my house out of here! (the family is tolerant but it is getting to be a bit much :)....A quick note on the covered hoop house: The temperature inside is holding pretty steady around 62 degrees on a 45 degree day. That should get us a good start on the broccoli and the strawberries. Happy digging!
My dad and I spent a couple hours filling up the third raised bed today. We put in a few inches of soil and filled the rest with a rich compost called Coeur d' Green. Yes... I hate to admit it....I paid money for compost when I should be making my own....I will get there someday though...(EG is my inspiration lol) The first two beds are situated so that the dump truck could easily fill them but the third bed is not ...so we had to dig and wheelbarrow it to the bed...We definitely got a workout...but fun it was!
With the third bed filled, we can now focus on getting the rest of the plastic hoop covers on. Hopefully, we will get that done by Sunday. I posted earlier that my dad was adding upper shelves in the greenhouse and that is coming along quite nice. I can't wait for them to be done so I can fire up the heat and get the gazillion seedlings that are all over my house out of here! (the family is tolerant but it is getting to be a bit much :)....A quick note on the covered hoop house: The temperature inside is holding pretty steady around 62 degrees on a 45 degree day. That should get us a good start on the broccoli and the strawberries. Happy digging!
